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Jing Ke

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Jing Ke (died 227 BC) was a youxia during the late Warring States period of Ancient China. As a retainer of Crown Prince Dan of the Yan state, Jing Ke was infamous for his failed assassination attempt on King Zheng of the Qin state, who later became Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of the Qin dynasty and the first unified sovereign in Chinese history. Jing Ke's story is told in the chapter titled Biographies of Assassins (刺客列傳) in Sima Qian's Records of the Grand Historian. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jing Ke is the 6,460th most popular politician (down from 4,847th in 2019). (down from 658th in 2019)

Jing ke is most famous for its use in the martial arts.

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Among politicians, Jing Ke ranks 6,460 out of 19,576Before him are Mundzuk, Hayato Ikeda, Muqan Qaghan, Sun Xiu, Xiao Yi of Shang, and Elisabeth of Hesse, Electress Palatine. After him are Blanche of Anjou, Tulga, Jacques Chaban-Delmas, Johannes Schober, Alpha Oumar Konaré, and Henri Grégoire.

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